作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
Pinyin

Definition

作威作福
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zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
xìng fú
  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 blessed
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well
xiǎng fú
  1. 1 to live comfortably
  2. 2 happy and prosperous life
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
zuò niè
  1. 1 to sin
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
zuò bì
  1. 1 to practice fraud
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to engage in corrupt practices
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
  7. 7 to operate
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
zuò suì
  1. 1 haunted
  2. 2 to haunt
  3. 3 to cause mischief
zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
zuò fēng
  1. 1 style
  2. 2 style of work
  3. 3 way

Idioms (20)

一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
  1. 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
  2. 2 fool's luck
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
  1. 1 a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice

Sample Sentences

我听到消息的那当下,真是差点儿没心肌梗塞!我要是怀孕,大概就当场把孩子给生出来了。她究竟以为她是谁呀!才来没多久,就这样作威作福的,根本就是狗仗人势!什么也不会,就占了那间最大的办公室,那我呢?你知道我贡献了多少青春给公司吗?
wǒ tīngdào xiāoxi de nà dāngxià ,zhēn shì chàdiǎnr méi xīnjī gěngsè !wǒ yào shì huáiyùn ,dàgài jiù dāngchǎng bǎ háizi gěi shēng chūlái le 。tā jiūjìng yǐwéi tā shì shéi ya !cái lái méi duō jiǔ ,jiù zhèyàng zuòwēi zuòfú de ,gēnběn jiùshì gǒuzhàngrénshì !shénme yěbùhuì ,jiù zhàn le nà jiān zuìdà de bàngōngshì ,nà wǒ ne ?nǐ zhīdào wǒ gòngxiàn le duōshao qīngchūn gěi gōngsī ma ?
When I heard the news I literally almost had a heart attack! If I'd been pregnant, I probably would have given birth right then and there. Who the hell does she think she is! Strutting about like she owns the place after just having started here, she's relying on the boss' affection for her to get her way! She's completely incompetent, but still has the biggest office and what about me? Do you know how much of my youth I've contributed to this company?